CHAPTER

Neighborhoods,
Cities, and Towns

College is the best

time of your life
Author Unknown

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In this

CHAPTER

In Part 1, you will read about the different types of services

and activities that colleges offer their students. In the rest of
this chapter, you will about read about, discuss, and explore
the college experience: housing, academics, and social life.

Connecting to the Topic

1

What do you see in the photo?

Name five adjectives to describe this city.

Do you live in a big city or a small town? Describe where you live.

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Reading Skills and Strategies

College Campuses Today

Before You Read
1

Thinking About the Topic. Discuss these questions with a partner.

1. Look at the pictures below. What do you see? Whats happening?

2. How is this the same as your school? How is it different?

Strategy
Making a Prediction About the Topic
Before you read an article, its good to have an idea in mind about the topic
(the subject of the article). Follow these steps before you begin to read:
Look at the title.
Look at the pictures and diagrams.

Making a Prediction Look at the title and photos for the reading on page 6.
Write the answers to the questions.

What is this reading about? What do the pictures in the reading show you?

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Previewing Vocabulary Read the words in the list. They are words from
the article. Listen to their pronunciation. Do not look them up in a dictionary. Check
( ) the words that you dont know.
Nouns








apartment
building
art gallery
campus/
campuses
college/colleges
computers
dormitory/
dormitories
(dorm/dorms)
entertainment










Verbs

health center
learning
resources center
population
snack bars
thousand
transportation
tutor
university/
universities









Adjectives

exercise
give/gives
go
happen/happens
have/has
help/helps
take/takes

modern
several
 wonderful


Strategy
Understanding New Words: Look for Is, Are, Is like, and Are like
You do not always need to use a dictionary to find the meaning of a new word.
Sometimes you can find the meaning of a new word after the word is or are in
the sentence.
Example

Population is the number of people in a city or country.

(Population = the number of people in a city or country.)
Example

A campus is the land and buildings of a university.

(Campus = the land and buildings of a university.)
The words is like or are like help with the meaning of a word, too. Like can mean
similar to (= almost the same as).

Understanding New Words The meanings of these words are in the next
article. Find the words and circle their meanings in the article.
dormitory

learning resources center

shuttle

tutor

Look over the bold words in the article for two more words that are new to you.
Write them here.

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Read
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Reading an Article Read the following article. Then do the activities.

College Campuses Today

A college is a wonderful place. It is like a town or small city in several

ways. One way is population. In general, the population of a town is less
than (<) 10,000 people. A city is more than (>) 10,000 people. In the United
States, many colleges and universities have several thousand students. For
example, Pasadena City College, in California, has almost 30,000 students.
Miami-Dade College, in Florida, has 174,000 students on eight campuses!
In other ways, too, a modern college is like a small city.

Population in U.S. Colleges and Universities

Fall 2000
Fall 2012
0

5,000,000

10,000,000

15,000,000

20,000,000

30,000,000

Like a city, many colleges have everything for

student life. There are dormitories, for example.
(A dormitory is an apartment building for
students.) There are places to eat: dining rooms,
coffee shops, and snack bars. There is a student
store, with food, clothes, and computers. There
is a health center, with doctors and dentists.
There is often a shuttle for students. (A shuttle is
Transportation on campus
a bus. It takes students from one place on campus
to another.)
C
Like any city, a college campus has entertainment. There is often a radio
station or theater. There is a sports center, where students exercise: they run,
swim, or play games. They watch sports, too. There are music rooms, where
students play piano, for example. There is a student art gallery.
D
Of course, students go to college for an education. But learning happens
in many places, not only a classroom. One important place is the learning
resources center. This is like a library, but it
also has computers and tutors. (A tutor is a 25
teacher who helps one student with questions
or problems.) Another important place is the
ESL (English as a Second Language) Center.
Here, there is help with the English language.
E
As we see, a college is like a small city. It is 30
a place to live. It has food, clothes, doctors, and
transportation. It has entertainment. And,
A student art gallery
yes, it gives students an education, too.
B

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After You Read

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Identifying the Main Ideas Complete the sentences. Choose the best
answer for each blank.

1. College Campuses Today is about

A
B
C

the population of colleges and universities in the United States

how a college campus is similar to a small city
why a college education is important

2. On a college campus, there are places to

A
B
C

live and study

have a good time

both A and B

Vocabulary Check Write a word for each definition. Use words from
the reading.

1. an apartment building for students =

2. a bus =
3. similar to a library, with computers and tutors =
4. a teacher for one student =
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Making Good Guesses Complete the sentence. Look at the reading and
choose the best answer.

The writer of "College Campuses Today" probably thinks

A
B
C

there are too many students at some colleges

a college campus is a good place

students learn things only in classrooms

Discussing Ideas from the Reading Answer these questions with

a partner.

1. Is your city large or small?

2. What is the population of your city?

3. What is the population of your school?

4. What kinds of restaurants are usually on campus?

5. What entertainment does your school or city have?

6. Look at the diagram on page 6. How is the population of college and

university students changing in the US? Make one comment.

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Understanding Large Numbers Look at the words for large numbers

below. Read the words out loud with a partner.

150

Language Tip

200

Use a comma (,)

to separate every
thousandth.

3,000

Examples

three thousand

four thousand five hundred

6,475

six thousand four hundred seventy-five

five thousand three hundred fifty

70,000

seventy thousand

100,000

one hundred thousand

1,000,000

one million

80,950

950,632

15,700,000
23,570,600
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two hundred

4,500

5,350

1,000
18,000
180,000

one hundred fifty

eighty thousand nine hundred fifty

nine hundred fifty thousand six hundred thirty-two

fifteen million seven hundred thousand

twenty-three million five hundred seventy thousand six hundred

Understanding Large Numbers: Information Gap

Follow these directions:
Step 1: Work with a partner. One of you is Student A. One is Student B.
Step 2: Student A looks at page 191. Student B looks at page 192.

Student A
Ask your partner the questions below. Write your partners answers in the chart
on page 191.
Questions:
1. What is the population of Manhattan, New York?

2. What is the population of Arizona State University?

3. What is the population of Los Angeles, California?

4. What is the population of Orlando, Florida?

5. What is the population of Boston University?

6. What is the population of DePaul University?

7. What is the population of Washington, D.C.?

Student B
Ask your partner the questions on page 9. Write your partners answers in the
chart on page 192.

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Questions:
1. What is the population of New York University?

2. What is the population of Tempe, Arizona?

3. What is the population of the University of Southern California?

4. What is the population of the University of Central Florida?

5. What is the population of Boston, Massachusetts?

6. What is the population of Chicago, Illinois?

7. What is the population of George Washington University?

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Main Ideas and Details

An Email from College

Before You Read
1

Making Predictions Look at the picture. Where are these students?

What are they doing?

Previewing Vocabulary Read the words in the list. They are words from
the next reading. Listen to their pronunciation. Do not look them up in the dictionary.
Check ( ) the words that you dont know.
Nouns


conversation
cooking
 email
 neighborhood


Verb


practice

Prepositions


across from
in
 on (a street)
 on campus
 on the corner (of)


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Read
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Reading an Email Read the following email. Then do the activities.

https://mymail.sunny

Search

GO

HOME PAGE

MY ACCOUNT

HELP

CALENDAR

MORE

MyMail
COMPOSE

An Email from College

Inbox (53)
Important
Sent Mail
Drafts (12)
Archive Sunny

Reading Tip
Emoticons show
a reader how
you feel with a
small cartoon.
happy
sad/upset
laughing at
something
crying at
something
surprised

Dear Mom and Dad,

How are you? I hope everything is okay. Im doing well!
Here at Valley College, Im very busy in my English classes at
the ESL Center. My teacher says, Its important to practice
English outside the classroom. Thats why Im writing this
email in English!
Sometimes Im a little afraid to use my English, but people are
usually nice. There are many places on campus to practice
language. I speak English with other students here in the
dorm. (Some students are American. Other students are from
Mexico, China, or Egypt.) I speak with students on the shuttle
and in the dining room. I go to a tutor at the learning resources
center. Hes Canadian. He helps me with my conversation.
This college has everything! Its like a small city. The student
store is next to my dorm. Theres a beautiful garden across
from the student store. The health center is on the corner,
across from my dorm. The sports center is on the corner of
College Avenue and Garden Street. There are three coffee
shops on College Avenue!
There is one thing the college doesnt have, Mom: your
cooking!
Love,
Sunny

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After You Read

4

Identifying the Main Topic What is the main topic of the email?
Choose one answer.
A
B
C

places where Sunny practices English

Sunnys college neighborhood
Sunnys life at college

Finding Details Read Sunnys story again. Then look at the map of her college.
Answer the question below the map.

Coffee
Shop

Park Road

Academic
Building

B
B

College Avenue

Sunnys Dorm

Garden Street

Coffee
Shop

Academic
Building

Classrooms
Map of one part of a college campus

Where are these places? Write the letters from the map on the lines.
1. the student store
2. a coffee shop
3. the sports center
4. the health center

Culture Note
In the United States, community colleges (two-year colleges) dont usually have
dormitories (dorms). Students live at home or in apartments. Four-year colleges
and universities have dormitories. Some students live there, some live at home,
and some live in an apartment with other students. In your home country, are there
dorms on campuses?

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Strategy
Following Directions in Textbooks
Read the following directions and look at the examples. You will find directions like
these in your textbook activities.
Directions

Examples

1. Circle the word.

building

2. Copy the word: street.

street

3. Underline the word.

building

4. Circle the letter of the correct

answer.

Which word is a country?

a. summer
b. Mexico
c. park

5. Fill in the blank.

My name

is
Sunny Kim
Shes fromK
korea.

6. Write your name on the line.

7. Correct the mistake.
8. Choose the best answer.

Sunny.

Which word means dormitory?

A
dorm
B
apartment
C
house

Following Textbook Directions Now follow these textbook directions.

1. Circle the name of a city.

Brazil

Indonesia

Paris

Egypt

Alaska

2. Find the name of a person below and copy it on the line.

Mexico

California

the USA

Sunny

3. Underline the words for buildings.

Im at my dorm now, but Im going to the cafeteria in ten minutes.

4. Circle the letter of a place near Sunnys dormitory.
a. snack bar

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c. health center

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5. Write the name of your country on the line.

6. Correct the mistakes.

I live in egipt.

7. Choose the name of a country.

A

American

Japan

Mexican

Egyptian

Building Vocabulary Write the words from the box in the correct places
on the chart.
American
art gallery
Canadian
China
classroom
coffee shop

Countries

dorm
Egypt
English
ESL center
garden
health center

Places on campus

learning resource center

Mexico
music practice rooms
sports center

Words that mean

"From or of a place"

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Completing Sentences Fill in each blank with a word from the box.
(Use one word three times.)
across

in

next

1. My familys house is

on

the main street of our small town.

2. But here, at Valley College, I live

a dorm.

3. There are several small coffee shops here. Theres one

from my dorm.
4. Theres a very good coffee shop

the corner of

Park Road and College Avenue.

5. Theres a wonderful coffee shop
6. Im happy to live
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to the ESL Center.

campus. I love coffee!

Discussing the Reading Discuss these questions with a group. Then share
your answers with the class.

1. What buildings are on your campus or near your school? Where are they?

2. Are there people from different countries at your school or in your neighborhood?

What countries are they from?

3. Draw a map of your neighborhood, campus, or one part of your school. Describe

the map to the other members of your group.

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Writing in Your Journal Choose one topic below. Write about it for five
minutes. Use five vocabulary words that you have learned in this chapter.

PA R T

your neighborhood (Describe it.)

big cities (Do you like them? Why or why not?)
places where you practice English
your college/university/school

Practical English
Read
1

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Advice About College All students want to do well in college or university.

What are some the ways to help you do well? Read the article.

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Keys to Success in College

Educational consultant Dr. Laura Phillips

is an expert on how college students learn.
Parents pay her hundreds of dollars to give their
children advice about how to do well in college.
Here are four of Dr. Phillips tips for success
in college.

Dr. Laura Phillips,

educational consultant

1. Talk to your professor

Professors have special office hours, which are
times when students can come and talk to them.
Many students never use this great opportunity. You
usually have to make an appointment. You can ask
your professor questions, ask for advice about ideas
for papers, or even ask about a test. Talking to your
professors tells the professor that you are serious
and interested.

2. Use study groups

Students in most U.S. college classes form study groups, which are
groups of several students who meet outside class to help each other. If you
are a foreign student, this is even more important. Students discuss the class
in native English, which will give you ideas for language you can use in
papers or on tests.
3. Study in small blocks of time
Dont try to study everything the night before a test. Experts find that
you learn much better if you break your study time into small blocks or
pieces. For example, study one hour three times a day. Do this for three days.
You will remember more than if you study one day for nine hours.
4. Learn to budget your time. (Learn to use your time well.)
Get a good appointment book, which is like a calendar with hours and
days of the week. Smart phones also have calendar applications. Write down
your assignments (the work you have to do) and the hours you have available
each day to work on those assignments. Don't leave work until the last day.

Using Your Vocabulary Strategies Complete the definitions of these words.

1. An educational consultant is

2. Office hours are

3. Study groups are

4. An appointment book is

.
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Discussing the Reading Discuss these questions with a group. Share your
three best study ideas with your group. Then share your ideas with the class.

1. How do you study for a test?

2. Do you write papers at the last moment? Why or why not?

3. What was your worst day in school? What was your best day?

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Vocabulary Practice
1

Reviewing Vocabulary Answer the questions below to show you understand

these words.

students

1. Who lives in dormitories?

2. What is something a tutor might help you with?

3. Name one thing you discussed today.
4. What is your favorite kind of entertainment?
5. Guess the population of New York City.

6. What is something a shuttle driver drives?

7. Name a snack.
8. Name three things you can see in an art gallery.
2

Using Prepositions These are sentences from the chapter. Fill in the
correct prepositions.

1. Students go to college
2. A shuttle takes students

an education.
one place on campus to another.

3. You can ask your professor

4. Learning happens

advice.
many places.

5. Students discuss the class

6. Tutors can help you
7. Some students live
8. Miami-Dade College,

native English.
the subject.
home.
Florida, has 174,000 students

eight campuses.

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Focusing on High-Frequency Words Fill in the blanks with the best words
from the box.
college
computers

Of

course
help

helps
like

place
places

questions
teacher

, students go to

for

an education. But learning happens in many

, not

only a classroom. One important

is the learning

resources center. This is

a library, but it also has

and tutors. (A tutor is a

one student with

who

or problems.)

Another important place is the ESL (English as a Second Language) Center.

Here, there is

with the English language.

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Using New Words Some adjectives do not work with some nouns. Look at
the chart below. Put a check ( ) in the box if you can use the adjective with the
noun. Put a question mark (?) if you're not sure. Put an (X) if you can't use the
adjective with the noun.
Nouns

Adjectives
building

man

snack

computer

campus

photo

modern
beautiful
busy
large
wonderful
serious
interested

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Building Vocabulary Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the
box. These words are from Chapter 1.
budget
consultant
conversation
dorm

exercise
expert
gallery
modern

population
shuttle
snack
tips

Across

transportation
tutor
wonderful

Down

3. talk (n.)

1. a little bit to eat (n.)

10. how many people (n.)

2. students sleep here (n.)

11. make your body work (v.)

4. a bus or a van (n.)

14. where you can see art (n.)

5. very good (adj.)

15. cars, buses, trains (n.)

6. person who gives advice (n.)

7. use time well (v.)

8. not old-fashioned (adj.)

9. good ideas (n.)

12. person who knows a lot (n.)

13. person who helps you learn (n.)

1

2
4

5
6

10

11

12

13
14

15

Key: adj. = adjective; adv. = adverb; n. = noun; prep. = preposition; v. = verb

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Self-Assessment Log
Read the lists below. Check ( ) the strategies and vocabulary that you learned in
this chapter. Look through the chapter or ask your instructor about the strategies
and words that you do not understand.
Reading and Vocabulary-Building Strategies


Making a prediction about the topic

Understanding new words using is and are
 Understanding large numbers
 Following directions in textbooks
 Focusing on high-frequency words


Target Vocabulary
Nouns




















apartment building
art gallery
campus/campuses
college/colleges
computers
conversation
cooking*
dormitory/dormitories
email
entertainment
health center
learning resources center
neighborhood
population
thousand*
snack bars
transportation
tutor
university/universities

Verbs









Adjectives

exercise*
give/gives*
go*
happen/happens*
have/has*
help/helps*
practice*
take/takes*

modern*
 several*
 wonderful
Prepositions






across from*
in*
on* (a street)
on campus
on the corner (of)

* These words are among the 1,000 most frequently used words in English.

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